Antioxidant Potential of Momordica Charantia in Ammonium Chloride-Induced Hyperammonemic Rats

Table 3

Effect of MCE on the activities of SOD and CAT in the liver and brain of normal and experimental rats.

Groups	Liver SOD (U^a mg^−1 protein)	Liver catalase (U^b mg^−1 protein)	Brain SOD (U^a mg^−1 protein)	Brain catalase (U^b mg^−1 protein)
Normal	9.01 ± 0.58^a	84.02 ± 6.30^a	7.01 ± 0.47^a	3.14 ± 0.23^a
Normal + MCE (300 mg kg^−1)	9.70 ± 0.73^a	85.04 ± 6.45^a	7.02 ± 0.48^a	3.27 ± 0.19^a
AC (100 mg kg^−1)	3.78 ± 0.29^b	40.98 ± 3.11^b	5.28 ± 0.30^b	0.87 ± 0.07^b
MCE (300 mg kg^−1) + AC	6.41 ± 0.38^c	70.60 ± 5.37^c	7.40 ± 0.35^c	2.74 ± 0.21^c

Each value is mean ± SD for 8 rats in each group. Values not sharing a common superscript (a, b and c) differ significantly at P < .05 (DMRT).
U^a − U^b is defined as the enzyme concentration required to inhibit the OD at 560 nm of chromogen production by 50% in 1 min. P < .05 (DMRT).